I just got paid today and my check was smaller. However I do not know if that was from working less OT hours in the last pay period due to the holidays or from the new taxes kicking in. Once I get to work and see my statement (I have direct deposit) I'll be able to tell whether or not I've been hit yet by the tax increase every working person got.

01-04-2013, 11:38 AM

Odysseus

I can't wait for the realization to sink in that this is what he voted for. :evil-grin:

01-04-2013, 11:59 AM

Wibbins

I'm glad the payroll tax "cut" was ended, because payroll tax "cuts" remove funds from medicare and social security and that's ALLL we need right now is entitlement programs even MORE unfunded.

01-04-2013, 12:06 PM

Molon Labe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wibbins

I'm glad the payroll tax "cut" was ended, because payroll tax "cuts" remove funds from medicare and social security and that's ALLL we need right now is entitlement programs even MORE unfunded.

Not sure if serious.

It was "removed" from people struggling to make it. Give me a break that people making 55,000 a year are rich.

01-04-2013, 12:51 PM

Odysseus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Molon Labe

Not sure if serious.

It was "removed" from people struggling to make it. Give me a break that people making 55,000 a year are rich.

They've always removed cash from people struggling to make it. The only way that we will ever get control of spending is if people are actually taxed to pay for programs, instead of the feds borrowing to cover the shortfall. If people were actually paying out of pocket for the programs that the feds waste money on, they'd soon object to the fraud, waste and abuse that we now take for granted.

01-04-2013, 12:53 PM

noonwitch

If your paycheck was processed before the vote occurred, then your taxes for at least this check went up. Mine did by about $40, but the state sent all employees a memo to explain this to us. Because of the holiday, our payroll was processed early this pay period, and I assume most large businesses did the same.

01-04-2013, 05:23 PM

SaintLouieWoman

Despite all the propaganda from the Obama folks, there's no way they can get substantial revenue from the 1%, who have an army of tax advisers to get around any of the fed snatches of their wealth. Wait til the feds come down harder on the middle and lower class, which they will have to do. The sad thing is there's more to grab from 99% of the people than 1%, who are already paying a lot unless you're a crony of Obama. Then they pay little or nothing.

I really wonder how long it will take for the realization to sink in, sort of the old buyer's remorse on a national scale.